Community Assembly of Fungi and Bacteria along Soil-Plant Continuum Differs in a Zoige Wetland.

ABSTRACT: Distinct plant associated microbiomes live in rhizosphere soil, roots, and leaves. However, the differences in community assembly of fungi and bacteria along soil-plant continuum are less documented in ecosystems. We examined fungal and bacterial communities associated with leaves, roots, and rhizosphere soil of the dominant arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) plants Taraxacum mongolicum and Elymus nutans and non-AM plant Carex enervis in the Zoige Wetland by using high throughput sequencing techniques. The operational taxonomic unit (OTU) richness of fungi and bacteria was significantly higher in rhizosphere soil than in roots and leaves, and their community compositions were significantly different in the rhizosphere soil, roots, and leaves in each plant species. The co-occu

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9604091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature